Thumb Drift Is A Stupidly Addictive Car Game For Your Phone

We've been putting countless hours into Thumb Drift when we should be doing work, and have decided it's the most addictive mobile game built for petrolheads in a very long time
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Mobile gaming is now a massive business, and while mainstream media still typically focuses on the big glossy titles like Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo, the real time-sapping games are on mobile. When Thumb Drift landed on our phones last week, we hit download quicker than you can yank a handbrake, because mind-blowingly addictive petrolhead-focused mobile games are surprisingly rare.

The basic premise of Thumb Drift is incredibly simple - there’s no storyline, no championships to navigate through, just good old-fashioned gameplay. When you start you’ll have access to one car and one track, but the more you play, the more coins you’ll gather, gaining access to more cars and more tracks as you do so. It’s as simple as that.

Thumb Drift Is A Stupidly Addictive Car Game For Your Phone

As is often the case, by keeping it simple, Thumb Drift has made itself super addictive. To control the car, you slide your thumb across the screen - slide your thumb to the right to kick the back out for left turns, and vice versa for right turns. The best way to think of it is like Temple Run with cars, and like with that classic game, you have no idea why but you just have to keep coming back for more.

It’s frustratingly difficult at first, but learning to control your ride and linking drifts becomes intuitive pretty quickly, and as you earn new cars you’ll quickly find your favourites - we’re naturally drawn to a red roadster by the name of Phil, for some reason. There are more than 50 cars available, all of which bear an uncanny resemblance to real cars, but with enough difference to keep the lawyers at bay.

Thumb Drift Is A Stupidly Addictive Car Game For Your Phone

Thumb Drift is available on the iOS App Store and Google Play Store right now, and best of all it won’t cost you a penny - for that privilege there are a few pesky ads to contend with, but they’re not too intrusive. Hit the comments to show us your best scores!

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Comments

ItzFenryr

Indeed it is!

03/03/2016 - 16:16 |
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Anonymous

Thumb drift; the only game where you can drift a tank

03/03/2016 - 16:18 |
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James Garrett 1

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Nah man Just Cause 3 lol

03/03/2016 - 16:43 |
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T-90 Vladimir

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Ever tried War Thunder?

03/03/2016 - 16:43 |
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NARDO86

I unlocked all the things

03/03/2016 - 16:18 |
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Hey man hook a brother up some car codes

03/04/2016 - 18:29 |
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Edwin Klinkenberg

The 180XXX is amazing. Resemblance to…err…no real car because that would be copy written right?

1,313 is my best on Gymkhana.

03/03/2016 - 16:20 |
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Anonymous

Scared to download it. Don’t want want to become addicted while at school

03/03/2016 - 16:20 |
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Anonymous

I can’t play it. There’s no steering.

03/03/2016 - 16:21 |
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SupercarClub

808 is my best in forest road while using Phil because CT is life

03/03/2016 - 16:27 |
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My best is 208 on gymkhana…

03/03/2016 - 16:51 |
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Braeden Cleary

Try CarXDrift Racing its pretty fun as well

03/03/2016 - 16:37 |
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that’s the realistic side of things, still fun tough :D

03/03/2016 - 19:17 |
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Milky Diamonds

There’s a secret where you can do a full 180 if you’re good enough! Shhh don’t tell anyone…

03/03/2016 - 16:40 |
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Yeah its on one of the turns on icy road. And then there’s a secret place on gymkahna that looks like this.

03/03/2016 - 16:55 |
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Flying High On Cars

That moment when it’s not available for android

03/03/2016 - 16:57 |
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It is;) click the link from the article

03/03/2016 - 17:03 |
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